Tack-hammer and tack-holder



(ModeL) I A. A, P 0TTER TACK HAMMER AND TACK HOLDER.

No; 293,516. Patented 3910. 12, 1884.

N. PETERS. Fholoullw raphon Washinglnll, DJ;

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ADDISON A. POTTER, on sonTH OTSELIO, NEW YORK.

T'ACK-HAMMER A ND TACK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,516, dated.February 12, 1884,

7 Application filed September 10, 1883. (Model) To all whom it mayconcern/.-

Be itknown that I, Anmson A. POTTER, of South Otselic, in the county ofChenango, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tack- Hammers and Tack-Holders; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apartof this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of mydevice as arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a'longitndinal section of thehammer upon line at w oflFig. 1,

wardthrough the said narrow part.

and Fig. 3 is a cros'ssection of the handle upon line z of said figure.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to furnish a cheap and convenient meanswhereby tacks may be stored before using, and each tack may be held uponor withinthe hammer-face while being driven 5 and to this end saidinvention consists, principally, in the means employed for storing thetacks in convenient position for use, substantially as hereinafterspecified.

It consists, further, in the means employed for holding a tack upon theface of the hammer while being driven, substantially as hereinaftershown.

In the carrying out of my invention one or more longitudinal grooves,mare formed in the handle A of my hammer B, which grooves have a T shapein crosssection, and extend from said hammer-to a point near theopposite end of said handle, and at each end are provided with anenlargement, a, that in diameter equals the width of the undercutportion. The outer narrow portion of each to permit of the introductionof tacks into the same with their heads contained within said undercutpart and their bodies projecting out- The tacks G are introduced intothe groove a through the enlargement a at its outer end,

and are prevented from falling out of the ber band, E, which encirclesthe handle A where it enters the hammer B, and covers the enlargement aat such point. A second rubber band, D, placed around said handle. andpressed downward against the outermost tack, prevents said tacks frommoving toward and falling out of the upper end of said groove. The tacks0 thus confined within the groove a may, one at a time, be easilyremoved therefrom by grasping the body of the lowermost tack with thethumb and forefinger and pressing the same toward the hammer B, and atthe same time tilting the point of said tack toward said hammer, so asto release its head 0 from said groove.

Any desired number of grooves may be pro vided in the-handle, and, ifdesired, such difusual sizes of tacks to be accommodated.

In order that tacks may be held upon the face I) of the hammer B inposition for driving, a fiat spring, F, is secured upon one side the endof the same. The outer or free end, f, of the spring F has a slightinward curve, and immediately adjacent thereto, within the face I), isformed a diagonally-arranged recess, b, which has its inner sideundercut, as shown in F g. 2. Said undercut side is opposite to theinward-curved end f of said spring F, and in cross-section thespace thusinclosed has a dovetailed form, while in plan View said space has awedge shape. If, now, the head 0 of the tack C is placed upon the bottomof the recess 1), with the body of said tack in a line with the axis ofthe hammer B, and is then moved toward the narrow est end of saidrecess,said head will be securely confined between the undercut side ofthe latter and the spring F, and will be held with equal firmnessagainst the bottom of said recess, in which position, by one blow ofsaid hammer, sa'idtack may be driven to place, and by such operation isinstantly released from engagement therewith.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new lower end of said groove by means of a rubof said hammer,with its end in a line with 1. As an article of manufacture, a hammerferences 111 size had as to enable any of thehaving its handle formedwith one or more T- shaped grooves adapted to receive and hold the headportions of a number of tacks, substantially as and for the purpose setforth:

bination with the spring F, having an inwardcurving outer end, f,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this6th day of September, 1883. 1

ADDISON A. POTTER.

Vitnesses:

DEWITT ORUMB, LEWIS P. HUTTLESTEN.

